Course Description

In any architecture, you need to plan for recovery in the event of system failure. You also need to take steps to avoid common failures such as improper configuration and changes by staff. In this course, you will learn about designing a solution to support business continuity for assets and resources in Microsoft Azure. You will look at backup and recovery solutions as well as Azure automation and PowerShell. Upon completion, you should be better able to design a solution that offers business continuity within Azure.

Learning Objectives

Design a Disaster Recovery Strategy

start the course

recognize the features of Azure Backup

configure Azure Backup within a Windows server

configure Azure Backup for Azure VMs

recognize the features of System Center Data Protection Manager

recognize the features of StorSimple

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

recognize the different methods of replication for Azure Storage

recognize how Azure SQL Database supports business continuity

configure an Azure SQL Database for business continuity

configure the Azure recovery options for an Azure virtual machine

recognize the features of Azure Site Recovery (ASR)

Azure Automation and PowerShell Workflows

recognize the features of Azure PowerShell

configure Azure PowerShell

use Azure PowerShell to manage the Azure service

use Azure PowerShell to manage Azure storage

use Azure PowerShell to manage Azure Active Directory

use Azure PowerShell to manage the Azure Resource Manager

use Azure PowerShell to work with the Azure Service Management REST API

Azure Automation

recognize the features of Azure Automation

configure Azure Automation

recognize the features of using PowerShell Desired State Configuration

use PowerShell DSC to manage configuration

configure Xplat CLI for Azure

recognize the features of using Puppet with Azure

Practice: Designing a Continuity Strategy

design a business continuity strategy for an Azure solution given a set of requirements

Framework Connections

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